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Antelope Valley High School is located in Lancaster, California and is part of the Antelope Valley Union High School District. It was founded in 1912. [1] It is located in the Mojave Desert. During the 1960s, the high school served as meeting ground for musicians Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet), [2] Rockette Morton (Mark Boston) and Zoot Horn Rollo (Bill Harkleroad). Location of Lancaster in California and Los Angeles County Coordinates: Country United States State California County Los Angeles Incorporated November 22, 1977 Mayor Henry W. Hearns Area    - City 243. ... Antelope Valley Union High School District (AVUHSD) is located in the Antelope Valley of California, 70 miles north of Los Angeles. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Looking across from Emigrant Pass towards the Kingston Range in the eastern Mojave. ... Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, guitarist, singer, film director, and satirist. ... Don Van Vliet in a 1982 promotional photo. ... Mark Boston born 1949 in Salem, Illinois. ... Bill Harkleroad (aka Zoot Horn Rollo) was guitarist for Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band. ...


Notable alumni include Frank Zappa [3], Kevin Appier [4], Sean Douglass [5], Dwayne Murphy, [6] and Priscilla Barnes of Three's Company. [7] Robert Kevin Appier (December 6, 1967) was a right-handed pitcher for the Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, New York Mets, and Anaheim Angels. ... Dwayne Keith Murphy was born on March 18, 1955, in Merced, California. ... Barnes in the opening credits of Threes Company Priscilla Barnes (born in Fort Dix, New Jersey on December 7, 1955) is an American actress best known for replacing Suzanne Somers (Jenilee Harrison having stepped-in the season before) when Somers finally quit the show Threes Company. ...


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